“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16) Funeral services for soon-to-be golfing legend Payne Stewart were held recently at the First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, just four days after his chartered Lear 35 jet crashed in a South Dakota pasture. Stewart won three major championships and 15 other titles during his twenty years of professional golf, but his U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst last June was as memorable as any national […]

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” (James 1:2) History tells us that Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, movies with sound, and more than 1,000 other things. The truth is the quality of our lives has been immeasurably improved by the genius of a man who overcame dyslexia and found that there was a great deal to learn from the failures and trials that life brought his way. In 1914, the laboratory where many […]

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32) Several of my readers have told me how surprised they were to learn that a child could walk into a public library and access pornography through the Internet. But one reader really struck a chord with me. “I don’t disagree with you about pornography and children,” he said, “but how do you get around the Constitution. Children, just like the rest of us, have a First Amendment right, even if it involves indecent […]

“In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” (Matthew 18:14) Make no mistake about it: We will be held accountable for the “little ones” that we lose. It’s a heck of a promise, but it’s one that God intends to keep because children are precious gifts in his eyes. So he will not listen to our excuses about why we didn’t pay closer attention to the threats on the moral fabric that he desires to weave […]